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Old 11-29-2008, 11:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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PC won't boot past Intel P4 Inside logo

I have had my PC for about 3-4 years. For some reason, it won't boot up. When switched on, it goes to the Intel Inside screen, then the screen goes black with an underscore icon flashing in the left-hand bottom corner of the screen.

Having read a few websites and forums, I tried:
1. reseating the RAM module
2. putting the RAM in the other slot
3. replacing the motherboard battery
4. installing a new RAM module

None of these made any difference.

PC: Advent T9001 (athough I upgraded the gfx card on purchase)
Processor: P4 3GHz
Motherboard: MSI N1996
RAM: originally 512MB DDR PC3200 (now I have two - one in each slot)
GPU: ATI Radeon R96 128M

My main concern is that I don't have a backup of my HDD - which has all our photos of my young children on it!

I'll be very grateful if you can help me to fix it!

Andrew
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